Penholder



. 0. J.- DAHLGREN.

PENHOLDBR.

APPL IOATIQN FILED 00T- BATENTED JAN. 5, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 5, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

CHARLES J. DAHLGREN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ERNEST HOPKINSON, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 748,589, dated January 5, 1904.

Application filed October 16, 1900. $erial No- 33.059. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. DAHLGREN, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 342 Decatur street, in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to penholders, and has for its object to provide an improved means of holding the pen in position while in use.

Also the object of the invention is to provide a construction of simple and cheap character, whereby a pen may be easily removed from the holder and a new one inserted.

As is well known to every one accustomed to use the ordinary pen and penholder, ink in a very short time creeps up by capillary attraction or otherwise between the pen-nib and the holder. This ink causes more or less corrosion of the pen and penholder and upon drying causes the pen-nibto adhere strongly If it is attempted to remove the pen by a longitudinal pull parallel with the penholder, it will often be found impossible to do so without the use of pincers or other gripping devices. If, however, the penholder is of such construction as to permit of the pen being movable angularly about its base, the pen-nib is much moreeasily removed. Therefore another object of my invention is to make the penholder of such construction that the pen may be removed by an angular movement about its base, and, additionally, the penholder is provided with means to automatically eject or assist in ejecting the pen-nib.

In the drawings I have illustrated a construction embodying my invention, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a penholder embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout both views of the drawings.

Referring to said drawings in detail, 1 represents the penholder, and 2-the pen. Preferably the penholder will be made, as shown, of a single shell of metal. Of course the penholder has the usual means for engaging the wooden handle-in the present instance a tubular clamping-socket 3 being shown. The portion of the penholder in which the pen is seated preferably consists of a single shell 4, of semicylindrical shape, provided with the retaining and ejecting pieces 5. These retaining and ejecting pieces in the construction shown in the drawings consist simply. of bent-over lips; but of course I do not limit myself to the precise construction shown, as any construction which will operate upon the partial unseating of the pen to eject or assist in ejectingit would come within the scope of my invention.

6 designates a seating-tongue. This tongue in the preferred construction is struck up from the body of the metal of which the penholder is made. V

The method of operation will be obvious. The pen is inserted in the usual manner in the penholder and passed underneath and seated behind the tongue 6. In this position the retaining-pieces 5 project over the sides of the pen-body and hold it in position, so that it is securely held against movement when in use. When it is desired to remove the pen, the penholder is turned over and the back of the pen-point pressed against some suitable resistance-piece, thus causing the pen to move angularly about its base, pressing apart the retaining-pieces 5. When the sides of the pen have passed the retainingpieces, these pieces, being of spring metal, press against the rounded rear face of the pen and automatically throw it out of the penholder. This provides a construction in which the pen may be disassociated from the penholder without the necessity of touching it with the hands. Also it provides a construction which requires considerably less force to dislodge a pen which has become practically cemented to the penholder by the dried ink between the pen and the penholder, this on account of the possibility with my construction of unseating the pen by an angular movement as distinguished from a longitudinal pull. w

I do not wish to limit myself to the precise construction shown in the drawings, as any IOO construction which permits of automatically disassociating the pen and penholder by a pressure on the back of the pen-point would come within the scope of my invention.

What is claimed as new is- 1. A penholder consisting of a shell pro- 5 Vided with a tongne-and-spring pen retaining and ejecting pieces,substantially as specified.

2. A penholder provided with a semicylindrical portion having a tongue, and pen re- 10 taining and ejecting pieces, substantially as specified.

8. A penholder having a semicylindrical portion whose outer end is provided with in- CHARLES J. DAHLGREN.

Witnesses:

ERNEST HoPKINsoN, IDA M. SHELLEY. 

